Displaced from their homes at the end of 2004, some 15’000 Manam islanders are still waiting for the Papua New Guinea government to make good on its promise to resettle them to a new location already identified years ago. Obstacles to the resettlement of these internally displaced persons (IDPs) include […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
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Humanitarian organisations, including NGOs and civil society organisations, but also ordinary individuals are finding it increasingly difficult to provide assistance and protection to migrants trying to find refuge or better living conditions in Europe and many are now being criminalised for doing so. They are effectively punished for committing a […]
As has been observed in many displacement contexts, people without tenure security, often referred to as ‘informal settlers’, tend to be among the most vulnerable and most in need of shelter assistance when they are displaced from their homes following a natural disaster or an outbreak of violence. However, they […]
Ai Weiwei’s documentary « Human flow » is about people throughout the world being forcibly displaced from their homes due to circumstances beyond their control, often war, conflict, persecution, natural disasters, but also poverty or hunger. The 2 hours and 20 minutes-long documentary is a stark and visually-powerful reminder of today’s unprecedented […]